Originally Recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
Campbell Reference: NARRABEEN Plate 8 Fig 16 in Aboriginal Carving of Port Jackon and Broken Bay (Download)
McCarthy reference: NARRABEEN Group 92 (1) in Catalogue of Rock Engravings (1983)
Located on a small rock ledge in thick scrub not far from the busy Forest Way road is a single mundoe (foot) engraving. It is likely part of a large group of figures documented in 1899 by W.D. Campbell and later by McCarthy, which are now buried under scrub and soil.
There are about 300 recorded Aboriginal heritage sites in Wollemi National Park, with the rugged and remote environment meaning many sites are yet to be "discovered" and recorded.
Many sites Aboriginal engraving sites across the inner suburbs of Sydney have been destroyed or are very weatheredl. The sites which remain are isolated from their natural environment.
The Blue Mountains National Park (and surrounding areas along the Great Western Highway) is thought to have over a thousand indigenous heritage sites, although much of the park has not been comprehensively surveyed. The Aboriginal rock sites in the Blue Mountains include grinding grooves, stensils, drawing and rock carvings.
Bordered by Wollemi and Yengo National Park, the Parr State Conservation Area has many indigenous heritge sites, including rock engravings, cave pintings and axe grinding grooves.
Yengo National Park was an important spiritual and cultural place for the Darkinjung and Wonnarua People for thousands of years, and 640 Aboriginal cultural sites are recorded in the park and nearby areas.
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